I am not sure Nordic references to religion would be helpful here.Aletheia wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 2:15 am Can anyone imagine God drawing up plans for a complex contraption:
and showing the design to his fellow deities from other universes?
Thor: I'm not too bright, Yahweh, but what goes on in this yellow bit, where one marble knocks into another resulting in a wheel spinning around?
Yahweh: Ah, that's where I plan on more than 5 million people being tortured to death
Loki: I approve, I approve!
Thor: Is that absolutely necessary?
Yahweh: Of course. This is the best possible marble machine. Far better than Odin's design with all those frost giants.
Loki: You're just too stupid to understand the explanation, Thor
Thor: So you keep telling me, Loki Fárbauti's Son
For one , Odin didn’t design the ice giants lol, but more importantly- Odin is not there to be the loving and gentle father figure in Christian’s version of God.
If you ask Odin for strength, you had better be prepared to suffer more than you ever have to get it.
If you want knowledge, a sacrifice of yourself, to yourself is needed.
If you want power, you have to be willing to take everyone else out.
If Odin had designed that, just about everyone would die trying to get out.